Rethinking Transnational Chinese Cinemas
The Amoy-Dialect Film Industry in Cold War Asia
The Amoy-dialect film industry emerged in the 1950s, producing cheap, b-grade films in Hong Kong for direct export to the theatres of Manila Chinatown, southern Taiwan and Singapore. Films made in Amoy dialect - a dialect of Chinese - reflected a particular period in the history of the Chinese diaspora, and have been little studied due to their ambiguous place within the wider realm of Chinese and East Asian film history. This book represents the first full length, critical study of the origin, significant rise and rapid decline of the Amoy-dialect film industry. Rather than examining the industry for its own sake, however, this book focuses…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-00-015514-3
- EAN: 9781000155143
- Produktnummer: 35188950
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 6'650 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Jeremy E. Taylor is a lecturer in Chinese Studies at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK.
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